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819-828

  • He is as the Light (of Mohammed), and (Universal) Reason is his Gabriel; the saint that is lesser than he is his lamp (and receives illumination from him).
  • او چو نور است و خرد جبریل اوست ** و آن ولی کم از او قندیل اوست‏
  • That (saint) who is lesser than this lamp is our lamp-niche: the Light has gradations in degree, 820
  • و انکه زین قندیل کم مشکات ماست ** نور را در مرتبه ترتیبهاست‏
  • Because the Light of God has seven hundred veils: regard the veils of the Light as so many tiers.
  • ز انکه هفصد پرده دارد نور حق ** پرده‏های نور دان چندین طبق‏
  • Behind each veil a certain class (of saints) has its place of abode: these veils of theirs are (in ascending order), rank by rank, up to the Imám.
  • از پس هر پرده قومی را مقام ** صف صف‏اند این پرده‏هاشان تا امام‏
  • Those in the last (lowest) rank, through their weakness, (are such that) their eyes cannot endure the light in front (of them);
  • اهل صف آخرین از ضعف خویش ** چشمشان طاقت ندارد نور بیش‏
  • And that front rank, from weakness of sight, cannot support the light that is more advanced.
  • و آن صف پیش از ضعیفی بصر ** تاب نارد روشنایی بیشتر
  • The light that is the life of the first (highest rank) is heartache and tribulation to this squinter; 825
  • روشنیی کاو حیات اول است ** رنج جان و فتنه‏ی این احول است‏
  • (But) the squintnesses, little by little, grow less, and when he passes beyond the seven hundred (veils), he becomes the Sea.
  • احولیها اندک اندک کم شود ** چون ز هفصد بگذرد او یم شود
  • The fire that does good to iron or gold—how is it good for fresh quinces and apples?
  • آتشی کاصلاح آهن یا زر است ** کی صلاح آبی و سیب تر است‏
  • The apple and quince have (only) a slight crudity: unlike iron, they want a gentle heat;
  • سیب و آبی خامیی دارد خفیف ** نه چو آهن تابشی خواهد لطیف‏